ND Cattle Inventory Down Slightly

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The number of cattle in North Dakota is down slightly from a year ago.

The federal Agriculture Department says in its latest report that the state's cattle and calf inventory on Jan. 1 totaled 1.77 million head, down 1 percent over the year. There were 943,000 beef cows and 17,000 milk cows.

Cattle on feed for slaughter in North Dakota feedlots totaled 35,000 head, down 22 percent.

The 2013 calf crop totaled 920,000 head, up 6 percent from 2012.